The Iconic Red-legged Grasshopper is Important to the Ecosystem discusses the pros and cons of these common grasshoppers. It discusses how they can be crop pests, but they are also an important link to the rest of the food chain.
Clearing Storm Clouds at Sunset Become a Colorful Display explains the authors choice of this colorful photograph after three days of stormy, dismal weather where she lives. It also explains how this colorful evening show came to be.
Even Florida Can Have Some Special Winter Beauty tells readers about recent frost and forecast frost for north central Florida. It also discusses the author’s feelings about cold weather and frost.
Surprise, It’s a Beautiful Sweet Potato Vine tells readers the story of a stray ornamental sweet potato vine that found a home in a bag of potting soil. The image shows some of the first flower buds that the vine produced.
The Pine Flatwoods are a Unique and Beautiful Florida Habitat defines what pine flatwoods are and explains the two types. It also gives readers some interesting details about this uniquely Floridian habitat.
A Great Blue Skimmer this Summer was a Happy Surprise tells the story of how the author discovered and identified this dragonfly that had been hanging around. It also gives readers some basic facts about Great blue skimmers.
Pink Purslane: Weed, Beautiful Ground Cover, or Incredible Medicinal Plant? tells readers all about this Florida native succulent. It also explains why to some people it’s a weed, while to others it’s a useful ground cover, wildlife attractant, and edible medicinal plant.
Time to Warm Up With a Colorful Touch of Summer gives readers a warm Florida summer landscape to help warm them up during the middle of winter.
The Old and the New: Both Beautiful in Their Own Way shows the contrast between a young flower bud and a mature seed head. It also discusses how the photo was composed.
Like Magic, Mist Highlights Beautiful Strands of Silk shows readers two images of water condensation from heavy fog, highlighting otherwise nearly invisible strands of spider silk. It also discusses photographing such images and the conditions required.
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